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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-29 11:27:32 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-29 11:27:32 -0500 |
commit | f511d7edf53bd49c16131fce28b87428c16239ad (patch) | |
tree | 48fafdc115477f0fa92888be5c0f14c1c9b1e56a /Documentation | |
parent | 32fa458688fa2e68bc433929b2d4941eef7efe39 (diff) | |
parent | 204f47c5a581630369d425b5a4afa48448c30359 (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6:
ide: remove stale comments from ide-dma.c (take 2)
ide: remove ide-tape documentation from Documentation/ide.txt
qd65xx: remove commented out code
ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months
ide-disk: add missing printk() KERN_* levels
ide: fix sparse warning about shadowing 'flags' symbol
ide-cd: fix CD/DVD burning
ide-cd: fix 'ireason' handling for REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC requests
qd65xx: fix setup of QD6580 Control register
ide: skip probing port if "hdx=noprobe" was used for both devices on it
ide: remove redundant comment from ide_unregister()
hpt366: fix section mismatch warnings
ide-cd: Enable audio play quirk for Optiarc DVD RW AD-5200A drive
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide.txt | 49 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 4d3aa519eadf..ba899ff2a8f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |||
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | |||
172 | 172 | ||
173 | --------------------------- | 173 | --------------------------- |
174 | 174 | ||
175 | What: ide-tape driver | ||
176 | When: July 2008 | ||
177 | Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | ||
178 | Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no | ||
179 | reason is an effort no one wants to make. | ||
180 | Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov | ||
181 | <petkovbb@googlemail.com> | ||
182 | |||
183 | --------------------------- | ||
184 | |||
175 | What: libata spindown skipping and warning | 185 | What: libata spindown skipping and warning |
176 | When: Dec 2008 | 186 | When: Dec 2008 |
177 | Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin | 187 | Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin |
diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide.txt index 94e2e3b9e77f..bcd7cd1278ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide.txt | |||
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line | |||
258 | As for VLB, it is safest to not specify it. | 258 | As for VLB, it is safest to not specify it. |
259 | Bigger values are safer than smaller ones. | 259 | Bigger values are safer than smaller ones. |
260 | 260 | ||
261 | "idex=noprobe" : do not attempt to access/use this interface | ||
262 | |||
263 | "idex=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified, | 261 | "idex=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified, |
264 | where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170 | 262 | where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170 |
265 | and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206 | 263 | and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206 |
@@ -309,53 +307,6 @@ are detected automatically). | |||
309 | 307 | ||
310 | ================================================================================ | 308 | ================================================================================ |
311 | 309 | ||
312 | IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver | ||
313 | ------------------------------- | ||
314 | |||
315 | This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation | ||
316 | with linux/drivers/block/ide.c. | ||
317 | |||
318 | The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the | ||
319 | request-list for the block device interface. The character device | ||
320 | interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them | ||
321 | to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion. | ||
322 | |||
323 | Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes. | ||
324 | |||
325 | The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the | ||
326 | tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c. | ||
327 | |||
328 | The character device interface consists of the following devices: | ||
329 | |||
330 | ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close. | ||
331 | ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close. | ||
332 | ... | ||
333 | nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close. | ||
334 | nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close. | ||
335 | ... | ||
336 | |||
337 | Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries. | ||
338 | |||
339 | The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by | ||
340 | include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device. | ||
341 | |||
342 | General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask | ||
343 | flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface, | ||
344 | as any other ide device. | ||
345 | |||
346 | Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or | ||
347 | the character device interface. | ||
348 | |||
349 | Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the | ||
350 | following scenario: | ||
351 | |||
352 | 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode. | ||
353 | 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program. | ||
354 | |||
355 | |||
356 | |||
357 | ================================================================================ | ||
358 | |||
359 | Some Terminology | 310 | Some Terminology |
360 | ---------------- | 311 | ---------------- |
361 | IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in | 312 | IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in |